Safety-inkstand



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I 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. 1 L. B. PRAHAR. SAFETY IN-KSTAND.

- No. 376,259. Patented Jan. 10, 1888.

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L. B. PRAHAR SAFETY INKSTAND.

Patented Jan. 10,- 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Gretna.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OFBROOKLYN, IIEXV YORK.

SAFETY-INKSTAN D.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376.259, dated January 10, 1888.

Application filed September 30, 1887. Serial No. 251.126. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS B. PRAHAR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, haveinvented a new and Improved Safety-Inkstand,-of which 'the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of inkstands wherein the bottle is i'ncloscd by an inner and outer case, each provided with a cover. In the ordinary construction of such stands the springs and strips carrying the hinges, &c., are separate pieces secured, usually by soldering, to the outside of the inner casing; and my invention consists, principally, in forming the springs as part ofa metal frame, the same being shaped to embrace the inner casing to act on oppositesides thereof.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken side elevation of my new and improved inkstand, showing the outer cover open. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring-frame removed. Fig. 4 is asimilar view showing a modification. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on the line a: x of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the inner casing. Fig. 7is a sectional side view of an inkstand, showing a modified form of my improvement. Fig. 8 is a View at right angles to Fig. 7, and showing another modification; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the form of frame used in Figs. 7 and 8.

The inner casing, A, which holds the bottle B, is formed with a flange, a, to which the outer casing, G, is secured. Through this flange a of the inner casing are formed suitable openings for the ends of the strips carrying the hinges of the covers and forming the springs therefor, which strips have heretofore been separately secured to the inner casing bysoldering, and in use soon become detached, rendering the stand useless.

My improvement consists in a plate held beneath the inner casing and provided with integral upwardlyextending arms projecting through the openings in the flanged and forming a frame embracing the inner casing. The spring-frame D is stamped from a piece of sheetmetal with a base. 0, to lie beneath the inner casing, A, to which it is secured by a small rivet, c, and is formed with the arms d d d (P, which are bent upward, as shown, to extend through the openings 1) b b for the arms d d d of the frame D, respectively; and the flange is also formed with the small slot b for the pin 0 of the pivoted catch e to move in against the arm d of the spring-frame D.

The arms at at d are springs, the latter to operate the catch efor holding theinner cover, E. The spring (1 is for throwing open the outer cover, F. while the spring dis a springcatch for holding the said outer cover closed. The arm d is slotted at its upper end at f, in which slot the hinge of the inner cover, E, is formed. The outercover,F,in the form of stand shown in Fig. 1, is hinged to awire, g, soldered to theinner casing, A. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 4 this wire is dispensed with and the arm 11' is stamped integral with a loop,f, to which the outer cover is hinged, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, thus avoiding the separate wire g of Fig. 1 and the labor of soldering the same in position. In Figs. 2and 4 I also avoid the use of the spring-catch e by extending the arm d to reach up through an opening in the flange a of the inner casing and forming it with an inwardly-projecting lug, z, to engage withthe outer edge of the annular'flange z" of the inner cover when closed. .The inner cover, E, contains a spring, G, and plate H, held in place by the, said annular flange i, to act as a stopper to close the bottle B when the said inner cover is closed.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7 and 9, instead of forming the arms all integral with asingle plate, a, I form them by bending a spring-stri p twice to form the base-plate c and two arms. Two of these strips being placed at right angles to each other and centrally secured to the bottom of the inner casing secure the same results as when asingle plate having four arms is used.

In some cases, as shown in Fig. 8, it might be preferred to attach the arms carrying the hinge and catch of the cover of the inner casing to the casing, as shown at it, using the frame shown in Fig. 9 for the outer cover, or the arrangement might be reversed; but the plate with four arms is at present preferred.

By constructing the inkst-and as described the same is made almost entirely by machinery, and all hand labor and trouble and expense of fitting are avoided, and the stand is practical, durable, and comparatively cheap.

This invention can be applied to inkstands having but one casing and cover by placing the bottle directly upon the plate 0, which in this case would be secured to the single easing beneath the bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In an inkstand, the combination, with the casing and cover, of a frame consisting of a base provided with up wardlyextending arms which form springs adapted to act in connection with the cover, substantially as set forth.

2. In an inkstand, the combination, with the casing and cover,ofa frame consisting of a base provided with upwardly-extending arms which carry the hinge of the cover and form springs adapted to act in connection therewith, substantially as set forth.

3. In an inkstand, the combination, with the casings, of a frame attached thereto, provided with arms, one of which forms a retractingspring for the cover of the outer casing, and one of which forms the spring catch for said cover, substantially as set forth.

4. In an inkstand, the combination,with the casings, of a plate bent to form a base to receive the base of the inner casing, and also the spring-arms which extend upward through openings in the top flange of the casings, substantially as set forth.

5. A11 inkstand consisting of outer and inner casings provided each with a cover, and a frame provided with arms which carry the covers and form springs for the catches of said covers, an ink-bottle being held within theinner casing, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the casings A 0, having the top flange, a, provided with openings, of a frame, D, consisting of a base-plate havingintegralspring-armsextending through said openings, which arms are adapted to receive the hinges of the covers and to act as catches for said covers, substantially as set forth.

7. The spring-frame D, formed with a base, 0, and with several springs projecting upward therefrom, in combination with the inner frame, A, outer frame, 0, and the covers there of, substantially as described.

8. The spring-frame D, formed with a base, 0, the arm d, to which the inner cover is hinged, and with several spring arms, substantially as described.

9. The spring-frame D, formed with a base, 0, and with the spring-arms d d d", and with the arm d, in combination with the inner and outer casings and the covers thereof, substantially as described;

LOUIS B. PRAHAR.

\Vitnesses:

EDW. M. CLARK, O. SEDG\VICK. 

